the five passions: (anger, joy, hatred, desire and grief).

(collective) the five ranks of 爵 (shaku, “peerage”) in feudal China, bestowed on 諸侯 (shokō, “princes”) (sons, brothers, nephews, male cousins, etc.) of the 皇帝 (kōtei, “huangdi; emperor”), later used as East Asian equivalents to European ranks

five person; five people

five person; five people

(grammar) Clipping of 五段活用 (godan katsuyō): quintigrade conjugation

Synonym of 新撰万葉集 (Shinsen Man'yōshū): a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled waka anthology”) in two volumes in which the poems are completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)

(Internet slang, humorous) 3 things that should be avoided in order to avoid infection during the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: 集 (shū, “assembly”), 近 (kin, “close (in distance)”) + 閉 (hei, “closed [spaces]”).

Synonym of 十人十色 (jūnin toiro, “there's no accounting for taste”)

to each his own; different strokes for different folks; there's no accounting for taste

several tens